Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest
Topic Choice: weed
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. People don’t get addicted to weed
2. People keep smoking because they like the feeling when they are high
3. There are a lot of different types of weed
4. Weed is becoming legal in some states on the west coast
5. Weed makes you think about things you never thought about before
Answer these questions about this topic:
1. How did it/will it impact the world?
if weed was legal there would a lot of people out of jail. It would make everybody calmer.
2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
This is still a major problem in the world today and unfortunately I believe there always will be because there is no known cause and no easy cure/
3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
A lot of people I know smoke weed. And I want to know why they continue to do it. What is in the weed that’s makes people not want to stop?
4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
My brother smokes weed all the time. It got to a point where he steals from friends and family to get money to get high.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
I think a lot of research will be necessary. I also think I might interview my brother to see how he feels about this topic.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
I think I would find the most information on the weed topic. Nowadays everybody is smoking weed. It is the trend that is out right now. So it is affecting all the young people in the world.
Of your two topic choices, which one does you really like the best? Please explain.
The weed topic because I will learn a lot from this topic. Also, it is very interesting to me. I am very curious to learn why weed makes people act the way they do.
Topic Choice: weed
List five facts that you already know about this topic:
1. People don’t get addicted to weed
2. People keep smoking because they like the feeling when they are high
3. There are a lot of different types of weed
4. Weed is becoming legal in some states on the west coast
5. Weed makes you think about things you never thought about before
Answer these questions about this topic:
1. How did it/will it impact the world?
if weed was legal there would a lot of people out of jail. It would make everybody calmer.
2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?
This is still a major problem in the world today and unfortunately I believe there always will be because there is no known cause and no easy cure/
3. Why are you interested in researching this topic?
A lot of people I know smoke weed. And I want to know why they continue to do it. What is in the weed that’s makes people not want to stop?
4. How do you personally connect with this topic?
My brother smokes weed all the time. It got to a point where he steals from friends and family to get money to get high.
Resources
What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
I think a lot of research will be necessary. I also think I might interview my brother to see how he feels about this topic.
Once you have completed worksheets for TWO topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:
- Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain.
I think I would find the most information on the weed topic. Nowadays everybody is smoking weed. It is the trend that is out right now. So it is affecting all the young people in the world.- Of your two topic choices, which one does you really like the best? Please explain.
The weed topic because I will learn a lot from this topic. Also, it is very interesting to me. I am very curious to learn why weed makes people act the way they do.